DNA - Genealem's Genetic Genealogy

DNA Testing - know the In's and Out's of it. Genetic Genealogy, a new branch of genealogy combining genetics and traditional genealogy research, is the most accurate tool for the family historian. Family connections can be proven or disproven. DNA testing can support a paper trail which is often in question given the lack of surviving records. Its popularity grows daily with thousands testing monthly throughout the world.

28 February 2018

Innovative family tree and
matching systemwill take the guesswork out of DNA relationships

Living DNA, the
global consumer genetics company, has today publicly previewed its new ‘Family Networks’ platform
for the first time – set to be the most precise DNA-driven matching service on
the market.

Officially unveiled in Salt Lake City in Utah at RootsTech
2018, the world’s largest family-history technology conference, Living DNA’s Family Networks requires
no prior user-generated family research, allowing users to build a detailed
family tree based solely on their DNA, gender, and age. Living DNA will analyse
a user's unique motherline and fatherline DNA data (mtDNA and YDNA), on top of
the family ancestry line (autosomal) to deliver matches – something no other
company can do.

David Nicholson, managing
director and co-founder at Living DNA, comments:

“With Family Networks, we will not only predict how users
are related to direct matches, but we can also find and connect people to DNA
matches going back up to 13 generations.

“The technology behind Family Networks automatically works
out which genetic trees are possible to uncover relations. This new capability
offers distinct benefits to a range of users, from avid genealogists and family
history hobbyists through to adoptees and others searching for their family
members. It will reduce the risk of human error and take away the tedious task
of figuring out how each person in a user’s list are related to one another.
We’re truly taking the guesswork out of DNA relationships.”

Living DNA’s Family Networks is scheduled to be made
available to all existing and new Living DNA users by autumn 2018. The company
states that the cutting-edge technology will give all customers – even those
who upload from other DNA testing sites – a level of relationship prediction
and accuracy that is beyond anything currently on the market.

David Nicholson adds:

“Living DNA’s precise and unique technology processes
users’ DNA to identify relatives and define relationships deeper back in time.
Through this rich experience, users will even be able to learn how they’re
related to people with whom they share no DNA today.

“As we don’t ask for Gedcom files or other user research to
build a family tree, Family Networks can be especially useful for adoptees and
family searchers who are trying to locate long-lost family members but who
don’t have any information on their biological family. Just by using their
gender and date of birth in conjunction with their DNA, we will be able to
translate their matches into a potential family tree, giving them a clearer
place to start from.”

Living DNA breaks down users’ DNA into 80 worldwide
regions, including 21 in the UK, more than any other testing company. The company
offers a 3-in-1 test as standard: from a simple mouth swab, Living DNA not only
covers a user’s family line ancestry, but—unlike most other tests—it also
includes the user’s motherline and (if male) fatherline ancestry.

Living DNA’s test itself is run on a custom-built Living
DNA Orion Chip. It is one of the first bespoke DNA chips in the world to be
built using the latest GSA technology from market leader Illumina, and tests
over 656,000 autosomal (family) markers, 4,700 mitrochondrial (maternal) markers
and 22,000 Y-chromosomal (paternal) markers.

About Living DNA

Living DNA is a personalised DNA service designed to help
people understand more about themselves and where they came from in
unparalleled detail. Developed by world-leading scientists and academics, the
Living DNA ancestry test is the most sophisticated product of its kind on the
market. It is the only test which can show people a breakdown of their UK,
Chinese and Italian ancestry at a regional level, and the first to allow users
to view their ‘ancestry family’ at different points in history. In so doing, people
can see at what point in the past they were connected to their friends and
family through their DNA, and discover how, ultimately, we are all connected.
For more information, please visit http://www.livingdna.com/

26 February 2018

In its 49th season, the Southern California Genealogy Society is having another wonderful conference for genealogy and genetic genealogy held at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank. Early Bird Deadline registration is April 14th and Advance Registration ends May 12th , so save your place now! This is one of the best conferences you will attend, and there are classes for all experience levels and even for people who are not genealogists. All days run from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Exhibit Hall opens Thursday, and admission to it is free all three Days! Find a wide variety of vendors, along with their sales. (Sometimes I hang out at the Family Tree DNA booth, so drop by.)

This year has over 140 classes with over 85 speakers as well as one-on-one research help. Three categories will help you in a variety of fields for your family history. There are three conferences in one!

The 6th Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference, May 31, 2008 (and squeaks into June 1st) entitled Link Through DNA is, of course, my favorite. In these classes you can learn not only the basics of DNA testing, but more advanced techniques from some of the industry's leading speakers. There are hands-on DNA Workshops as well.

The Family History Writers Conference, May 31 entitled Love Your Family Legends includes presentations on writing, publishing and preserving your genealogy along with reaching into the next generation to assure your work will continue. The speakers will also cover the tools you need to finish your work.

The 49th Annual Genealogy Jamboree, June 1-2, will help you Unlock Your Lineage with some renown speakers in the field. Learn the basics along with many tips and tricks, and explore how to break through those brick walls.

See the Jamboree website for the full schedule. A mobile app is available. There are discounts for SCGS Members and for multi-event registration.

HINT: Notice anyone familiar on the advertisement above? Yes, I am speaking and would love to have you attend my classes so I can meet you!

My topics:Finding Answers through Your Autosomal DNA Test (Thurs, May 31st, 8:30-9:30)Comparing Testing Companies and Understanding DNA Tests (Workshop, Friday, June 1st 8:30 to 12:00)
I will be on the Ask the Experts about DNA and Genealogy panel (Friday, June 1, 5:00 to 6:00 pm)

13 February 2018

MyHeritage Test - $59 when ordering 2 kits plus shipping and...All MyHeritage marriage records will be free for Valentine's
Day!
From now through February 15, all MyHeritage marriage records will be free to view, for
MyHeritage users and for guests without an account.

29 January 2018

Let me start with a few things I like about MyHeritage; there
is more, however.

1. It is world-wide

2. They allow transfers of your raw data

3. You can manage more than one kit with the same membership

4. They allow you to have pedigree charts

5. They notify you via your
email if there are new updates to your DNA matches and to help you with your pedigree chart
records

6. The horizontal pedigree charts on the Review DNA Match page for each
of your matches are much easier to read than the pink and blue vertical charts they still have.

7. The new addition of a
Chromosome Browser is their best feature!

It is wonderful to see that MyHeritage now has a chromosome
browser…the most important tool for comparing matching segments!

To find the browser (sadly, it is not on the drop-down menus),
follow these steps.

1. Log in to your
account and click on DNA Matches

2. Click on the match’s REVIEW DNA MATCH in the lower right
of their section

3. Scroll to the top of the Chromosome Browser which is the
last item on this long page

4. At the top right of the browser, click on Advanced Options,
then click on Download Shared DNA Info

5. The file is downloaded and shows in the lover left side
of the screen (for a PC, at least)

6. Click to open this CVS file

VERY sadly, you must download one match at a time. I have over 4,690 matches and spent many
hours today just downloading the first 20 pages.

Once you download one file, you can copy and paste the other
matches’ files into the first one as long as you do not make any changes to any
of the files. That is no columns or row
sizes can be changed.

Be sure to add the new information at the end of the previous
information.

Once you have downloaded all your matches, save the file as
is and make a new working file that you can manipulate. This working file can be adjusted to see the
information easily as well as adding columns you wish to use.

I hope you have more time than I have to download all your
matches’ segments, and I dearly hope you will contact MyHeritage to request
that they allow the download of all segment matches into one file in one
download. Family Tree DNA and 23andMe allows this. Remember, it took me several hours to do 20
pages (10 matches per page) and I have over 400 pages of matches. I’m sure many
other testers have more.

The phone in the US for MyHeritage: 1-800-987-9000. You must have your account ID, however. You can find this by going to their Home page
and use the drop-down menu under HELP.
Then click on CONTACT. Your account ID is just above the list of phone numbers for anywhere in the world.

Our exhibit hall will be packed with vendors, and one-on-one research
assistance will be provided by members of the Southern California Chapter,
Association of Professional Genealogists.

Genetic Genealogy
Conference

Link Through DNAMay 31st

The Sixth Annual Genetic Genealogy Conference provides a unique opportunity to
hear the top leaders in the field of genetic genealogy, with topics suitable
for all levels of experience using DNA for genealogical research.

The Genetic Genealogy Conference is separate from Jamboree, and a separate registration
fee will apply.

Family History Writers Conference

Love Your Family
Legends!May 31st

The
Family History Writers Conference will help you bring your family stories to
life. You can finish, polish and publish your work. This provides a
unique opportunity to learn from some of the top leaders in the field of
writing and publishing, for all levels of writing, to help you get it done.

The Family History Writers Conference is separate from Jamboree, and separate
registration fees will apply.

Workshops 2018 - June 1st

Four intensive DNA workshops will also be offered to provide an
opportunity for in-depth study of genealogical research techniques (additional
fees required, workshops overlap with some Jamboree sessions. Visit the website
for registration requirements).

Conference Discounts!

Special pricing discounts are available for those who are
registered for both Jamboree and the Genetic Genealogy Conference, or Jamboree
and the Family History Writers Conference as well as discounts for SCGS members
for each event. To get the discounted rates, please join, renew, or
reinstate your membership before you register.

Stay in touch with Jamboree to learn more about the speakers,
exhibitors, and special activities.

To get all the news about Jamboree delivered right to your email
inbox, subscribe to theJamboree blog. Like
and follow the SCGS GenealogyJamboree Facebook, or follow us on Twitter @scgsgenealogy with #2018Jamboree. Jamboreetakes
place at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, Burbank, California,
Thursday through Saturday, May 31st, June 1st, and June 2nd, 2018.

I'll see you there! Sign up for my classes!

21 December 2017

Mike sent this wonderful story of finding his family. How wonderful to know your roots. Thank you so much for sharing as it no doubt will inspire others.

My father passed away
in 1971 when I was 18. His absence from my life led me to want to learn more
about him and his ancestors through genealogy research. Working with a group of
other Moon researchers, we ran into a road block in 1771 with Abraham Moon. There
were different spellings such as Mohn, Moon, Mohun, etc., and we could not find
conclusive documentation to connect the lines.

In the early 2000s,
DNA testing was becoming popular for genealogy purposes. Therefore, a group of
us Moon researchers decided to take a DNA test to see if we could triangulate
our names to hopefully make a connection with other Moon lines that were more
established.

Initially, I had a 12
and 25 marker YDNA test through Family Tree DNA. Those test results basically
showed my male line matched to thousands of men throughout the world but no
Moons. It wasn’t until I had a 37 marker YDNA test that I started matching to
one particular name, Dunn. However, I could not figure out how a Dunn entered
my Moon gene pool. I continued with the testing in hopes that the next level of
DNA test would prove something more definitive. With the 6- marker test, I
matched more Dunn’s but no Moons. Same with the 111-marker test.

By this time, I was
working with other Dunn’s and/or Dunn line administrators on what kind of tests
to have and what the results meant. My mother was still living, and she made it
clear that she didn’t like that I was doing the testing. She said she feared I
might find some dark family secret. I laughed it off and assured her that it
was far back in the Moon ancestry where the Dunn line came into our gene
pool.

Working with the Dunn
administrator, I was advised to test my closest known male relative and with
each match, find another male ancestor to be tested. Therefore, I had my
brother tested first. Mom had already passed by that time (2006), and when I
received my brothers YDNA test results, it showed that we didn’t match on any
male ancestors. Which meant, we were not full brothers. I was shocked, as was
everyone in our family. I was 55 at the time, and everything I thought I knew
about my life was wrong.

To make sure the results were
right, FTDNA retested my sample, and it was the same as the first. We then had
my brother (two and a half years older than me) and my sister (six years
younger than me) tested with FTDNA’s autosomal tests. Their test results were
clear, they were full siblings to each other and only half siblings to me.

Through much effort,
my brother, sister, and I concluded that mom and dad split up for a short time
after my brother was born in 1951 and got back together three months before my
birth. We don’t know if they separated because mom cheated or that I was
conceived while they were separated. Either way, my dad never made any
difference in the way he treated me.

After the shock of the
test results wore off, I decided to continue looking for my biological father
and his family. I had the Big Y test done through FTDNA and then their
autosomal test. However, none of the results proved anything, and I almost gave
up because I’d spent a lot of money on all the family tests.

Then in 2015, I tried Ancestry.com’s autosomal test and the results
were the same there. I matched some people connected to Dunn lines but no
Dunn’s themselves and no one matched close enough to be even a fourth cousin.
Then I received a message through Ancestry from a woman who asked how I was
related to her daughter whose results showed she was a second cousin to me. We
talked at length, and she agreed to be tested. Her results came back showing
she was my first cousin. We knew by then this was my line, but we needed her
uncle (one of five but only two still alive) to be tested. He was in a nursing
home in Ohio, but we got him to submit a sample and his results came back as my
uncle. My first cousin and I went through all the uncle’s pictures and agreed
that I only looked like one of her uncles. She knew of the man, but the family
wasn’t that close. She thought the one uncle had a daughter. I finally tracked
her down, and at first, she was very resistant to doing the test. Finally, she
agreed, and we both watched every day for the results to come back. Finally
they did. I was driving in Florida when she called and said, “hello brother”.

Our dad died in 2010
but we are alike in a lot of ways. At least now I know she is my sister and
that I have other nieces and nephews.

Emily Aulicino

Genetic Genealogist

Welcome to My Genetic Genealogy Blog

Genetic Genealogy is a wonderful resource for the family genealogist or historian and is growing daily! From time to time I will post URLs and books that can be helpful. My blog is my personal venture and is selective in its contents. It is not a reflection of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy.

I am the Northwest Regional Coordinator for the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG*) and manage twelve DNA Projects and several email lists on Rootsweb and Yahoo. I am available to speak at any function regarding Genetic Genealogy and on writing one's memories and family stories. ......For my DNA Projects, I prefer using Family Tree DNA. You can order a test kit by clicking on the FTDNA logo below.

You are welcome to email me at: aulicino@hevanet.com using the Blog's name in the subject line, if you have any comments or questions.

-------*ISOGG is a non-profit organization designed solely to promote and educate the public about DNA testing in regard to genealogy. Membership is free, but tell them that Emily sent you! See: www.isogg.org --------------

Best wishes and visit often,Emily

Presentation Topics

Introduction to Genetic Genealogy: DNA Your Paper Trail

Autosomal DNA and Chromosome Mapping

Becoming a DNA Project Manager

Care and Feeding of a DNA Project

Establishing a DNA Interest Group

Writing Your Childhood and Family Memories: A simple technique

NOTE: Custom Topics available upon request

Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond by Emily D. Aulicino

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NOTE: If you are not certain there is a DNA project for your surname or if you are only testing your mtDNA (female line), put the name: CAMPANIA in the search field. This is one of my projects, and I will find you an appropriate project when your results arrive...........You want to join through a project to get the cheapest rates.

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Presentations

.....Presentations for both the Genetic Genealogy and for the writing sessions are normally two hours, but can be adapted. I prefer an computer projector for with a screen and a table for displaying my DNA book and/or writing booklet......Your group can photocopy the handouts or I will do so for $.05 per side. If speaking within the general area of Portland, Oregon I do not charge for mileage or travel expenses. Outside of the general Portland area, I do require the IRS amount of $.56 per mile. If I need to stay over night, a motel room or staying with a non-smoking female will be necessary......Although, as a member of the International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG), I cannot ask for a speaker's fee for the Genetic Genealogy presentations, but I can accept an honorarium. This is not the case with the writing classes. $75 is the standard.Email: aulicino@hevanet.com

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Genetic Genealogy

"Emily Aulicino is one of the most dynamic people I know. Her energy and enthusiasm has helped make Oregon the largest member per capita region in all of ISOGG. Emily’s educator background is apparent and complimentary to her speaking engagements which create a presentation that is easy-to-understand for any novice. Her reputation has made her an immensely popular speaker throughout the Pacific Northwest which has resulted in nationwide requests. Emily is a proven leader who welcomes a challenge. She manages many people and projects with skill and ability that can only be innate. I have the utmost confidence that Emily will excel at any task presented to her and I look forward to many more years working with her."-------Katherine Borges, Director of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)

Unsolicited Comments:

Barbara in Washington wrote:I just wanted to touch base with you and tell you how impressed I was with your lectures today. They were fun and up, and you were able to explain the DNA process to me in terms that I could understand.

"Memoing" My Memories

130 Topic Booklet for Sale

"Memoing" My Memories - Unsolicited Testimony

Rhonda in Oregon writes:The writing tip you gave us Thursday is great! I went right to my stash of journals (I have trouble journaling, but love the books!), and made a page for every year since my birth year.I’m very excited to start writing my memories down. Thanks again for a fantastic tip!!

Anne in Michigan writes:"So many times I have sat down and tried to write out my life's story. I got so bored with myself that I never got more than a few pages done. This method has totally changed my outlook and has renewed my lifelong interest to write about my life so that my children will have something to remember me by.I am psyched, pumped and ready to go now!”

Beth in Texas writes:“I am finding the topics very helpful in writing about things I would have never thought about before. These topics give me an opportunity not to dwell on the unhappy times in my life, and remember some of the less important, but memorable topics that I'd like to pass on to my children. I'll still write about unhappy times, but they will be sprinkled in with other memories.”

Jan in Kentucky writes:“Emily, you do so very much for so many, and it is so appreciated! You also have broken my writing block, and I appreciate that...if not for you, I don't know that I would have had the heart to return to it. You truly are doing a lot of good with that list of yours and the effects will be known for years and generations for so many. I think sometimes we just need to tell you that.”

Bob in Sherwood, Oregon writes:THANKS to you I started writing my "story" last Friday. If it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have started it. It's all your fault...You, You, "Inspirator", You! Telling usto write in "pictures". If I started it prior to your presentation it would have begun... "I was born on October 29, 1944 in Jamestown, New York". Needless to say you had a GREAT impact on my writing.

Bill in New Jersey writes:Just a short note to says thanks to you, Emily, for the prompts. I especially like the way in which you write the suggestions to go along with the prompts.

Books About Childhood Memories and Family Stories

As most of you know I seldom read fiction, and as a result, I am interested in books that are historical in nature and/or tell the stories of people's lives. The following list is some books that I have read which are by people I know, people who are related to me, people I have met, and people with whom I've corresponded for a time. Proudly, I have each author's autograph, and I'm beginning to think of this as a new collection/hobby of mine! .

Each of these stories have great struggles and challenges. Some are of childhood while others occurred when the author was an adult. I hope that you will find them interesting as I have. They are truly a slice of our American Life!

Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder by Mary Pacios

Son of Scarface: A Memoir by the Grandson of Al Capone by Chris W. Knight

Run Jane Run: A True Story of Murder and Courage by Jane Wells

Somehow, We'll Survive: Life in Japan During World War II Through The Eyes of a Young Caucasian Boy by George Sidline

About Me

Emily is available for Presentations regarding Writing Your Family Memories and Childhood Stories.
----- Learn to WRITE ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY MEMORIES using a quick and simple technique. Learn various organizational ideas and writing tips. ------- BOOK FOR SALE on writing your memories at workshops or by mail (Spiral bound; 144 pages on heavy vellum; 130 topics with writing tips and organizational ideas).
Emily is also available to give presentations on Genetic Genealogy. See the following blog for more information: http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/
--------- EMAIL for further details on either topic:
aulicino@hevanet.com